Book Club: 2nd Steep - Three Cups of Tea

Welcome to Book Club: 2nd Steep!!

We’re going to be reading Three Cups of Tea as our first book. Hopefully you all have been able to get a copy.

I’m posting the reading schedule which spreads over the next five weeks. For this book club format, we’ll post questions for each section on Sunday so that we have the week to “discuss” them online. The first reading section is somewhat shorter than the others, mostly because there won’t be a full week until discussion begins.

May I participate if I’ve already read the book? I also read mortinson’s second book “stones into schools” which was also excellent. I’ve always wanted to properly discuss three cups of tea and never had the opportunity…

Absolutely! I’ll post some initial discussion questions tonight (or early tomorrow morning.) We broke it up into sections, so the questions will really just encompass the current and past chapters from the reading schedule. You’re more than welcome to participate.

6. Why are the people of Korphe so fascinated with Mortenson? What does this tell you about the community?

7. Tea talk – Would you? Could you? Have you? :)

Chapter 3 –
8. Mortenson decides to go back to Korphe because he found something rare there. What do you think it was? What would stand out to you?

9. How do you feel that Mortenson’s relationship with Christa helped to prepare him for understanding life in Korphe?

10. Why does Mortenson commit himself to building a school for Korphe?

Feel free to answer one, none, some or all of the questions. You’re also welcome to just talk about what you read, any questions you’re thinking about, what stood out for you, what pulled you in, or what’s disconnecting you from the book. In other words, you can say whatever you’re thinking… or not! :)